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...With crude oil closing in on $100 a barrel, the pinch of higher prices is being felt worldwide. In China, however, the impact of the hikes has been shortages at the pump, and tempers are running hot. Last weekend, a man was fatally stabbed in Shandong province after he jumped the queue at a local gas station. A second man in Henan province was killed in a similar incident Tuesday...
...crisis is largely one of China's own making. To reduce inflationary pressures on its red-hot economy, Beijing has not raised prices at the pump, which are set by the government, since May 2006. In that same period of time, international oil prices have risen about 30%, sticking refineries with spiraling costs for the crude they buy and shrinking profits for the gasoline they sell. Some smaller refineries stopped production altogether to avoid losses, while others begun hoarding their crude supplies, leading to gas shortages around the country...
That can hardly be said of Tunisia's business executives, who are busily promoting their country as an ideal launching pad for foreign investors seeking a cheap, well-located route into Europe's markets. Fifteen Tunisian businessmen flew to Washington in October to pump that message to Congressmen and executives, and a group of U.S. businessmen is slated to arrive in Tunis this month to scout for opportunities. At Eurocast, the aircraft-parts maker, engineering manager Bakir says revenues should jump from $5 million to $7 million next year, as more Western companies sign contracts. To him, the possibilities...
...your slightly meandering path home. I promise, once you get to know him, Bennett’s a real...fun-loving guy. So, any thoughts on this scintillating Rockies-Red Sox World Series? “Juiced about the Red Sox!” he shouted with an awkward pump of his fist. “I just knew they were going to pull off this comeback.” You, a Red Sox fan? I refuse to believe it. You’re an all-American, with deep Midwestern roots. “Yeah man, I love it back...
...Rudd, whose tightly managed campaign began the moment he became Labor leader last December, has stressed his economic conservatism. Accused of copying government policies, he listed five "fundamental differences": Labor's plans to moderate recent workplace reforms, pump money into health and education, ratify the Kyoto Protocol, and pull troops from Iraq...